MANILA, Philippines — The overspending practices of many politicians—like “under-the-table” payments for radio advertisements or “cheating” the declaration of their campaign spending—came to light during Wednesday’s Senate deliberation of a bill seeking to raise the cap in the allowable poll expenses of candidates.
“You know, we are kidding ourselves. We set all kinds of limits but we know…all candidates cheat [in declaring their campaign expenses],” Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon pointed out during the Senate plenary session.
This, after he proposed a standard campaign expense for all national and local candidates during the period of amendments to Senate Bill …
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